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This is a list of Chess boxing champions at each weight class sanctioned by World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) and World Chessboxing Association (WCBA).
The first European Chess Boxing Championship took place in Berlin on 1 October 2005. [21] [22] Present-day chessboxing commentator Andreas Dilschneider was defeated by Tihomir Dovramadjiev (FIDE Master [23] [24]) when he resigned in the ninth round of chess, [25] crowning the latter by being the first European Chess Boxing Champion.
Chessboxing first received credit from the International Chess Federation FIDE, in April 2008; its president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, took part in a chessboxing demo fight in Elista. In 2008, chessboxing clubs were founded in the UK in London, and in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia.
Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə ˈrybɪŋ]; 17 August 1974 – 8 May 2020) was a Dutch performance artist, athlete and the founder of chess boxing and World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO, with central Berlin, Germany in 2003).
The first Chess Boxing World Championship was held in Amsterdam in 2003 and was won by Lepe Rubingh (Netherlands). Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines chess and boxing, alternating one round of each discipline.
Nov 18, 2023 · Jean-Louis Veenstra, who fought Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh at the first World Chessboxing Championship in Amsterdam, describes how his friend and opponent came up with the sport. Show more
Apr 8, 2023 · Official in Guinness World Records: First Chess Boxing World Champion The President of WCBO Iepe Rubingh official is recorded in Guinness World Records as the First Chess Boxing World Champion. Iepe Rubingh with Louis Jean Veenstara
